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Sellers who don't mention things like the pony's head turns and the tail washer has been replaced with a zip tie, writing on the feet, haircut, etc.
Quote from: CherryTreats on June 14, 2020, 08:54:13 PMSellers who don't mention things like the pony's head turns and the tail washer has been replaced with a zip tie, writing on the feet, haircut, etc. Funny you mention this.. u_u;I hate selling ponies because of this. Like even if I list every thing I see, I could still miss one thing. I wish people would just ask more questions if they are that particular about a 30 year old toy.
It doesn't help that Ebay now make it harder to find an actual description, thanks to catering to the mobile phone generation who will explode if they have to read more than six words in a sentence together before checking their social media feed.There still are descriptions, but they push the pictures in your face much more. And the details at the top, you have to shove everything in there to cover yourself because some folk will just not check the descriptions. And then blame you.One day I am going to handwrite a description and take a photo of it and add it to the auction. Making everything mobile phone accessible is fine, except when it dumbs down the service.
Sometimes I can't find the description. I click on the 'read more' or whatever the link is, and sometimes it works and other times nothing comes up, or an abbreviated description comes up. I can tell there was supposed to be more, because it started to say it on the front page of the auction. I figured it was just a glitch in my mobile app.I also have noticed fewer sellers leaving detailing descriptions (I wonder now if they did and my app just isn't letting me see it?)...I thought it was just people being lazy or wanting to cover their behinds by just saying 'used condition' rather than describing actual flaws
Quote from: LadyAmalthea on June 16, 2020, 06:06:37 AMSometimes I can't find the description. I click on the 'read more' or whatever the link is, and sometimes it works and other times nothing comes up, or an abbreviated description comes up. I can tell there was supposed to be more, because it started to say it on the front page of the auction. I figured it was just a glitch in my mobile app.I also have noticed fewer sellers leaving detailing descriptions (I wonder now if they did and my app just isn't letting me see it?)...I thought it was just people being lazy or wanting to cover their behinds by just saying 'used condition' rather than describing actual flawsWell, if you can tell there is more of a description and you're on your phone, you can always switch out of the app to the mobile website. That's what I do. And sometimes I even switch to the classic website on my phone.
It doesn't help that Ebay now make it harder to find an actual description, thanks to catering to the mobile phone generation who will explode if they have to read more than six words in a sentence together before checking their social media feed.
There still are descriptions, but they push the pictures in your face much more. And the details at the top, you have to shove everything in there to cover yourself because some folk will just not check the descriptions. And then blame you.One day I am going to handwrite a description and take a photo of it and add it to the auction. Making everything mobile phone accessible is fine, except when it dumbs down the service.
Not sure if this counts because it's not about ponies, but two things on Etsy bother me these days. First of all, I can't stand the fact that they decide from what moment on you can leave feedback! Of course people will be less likely to leave negative feedback too soon when an item hasn't arrived yet, I get that. But I was always very loyal when it came to leaving feedback, I used to do it immediately when I had my package, and I enjoyed doing that. But now when I get my item, I sometimes can't leave feedback for another week (or even longer), and I forget. Now some sellers don't get the great feedback they deserve, because after a while the option to leave feedback disappears. I hate that! It also bugs me that buyers have been robbed of their feedback years ago. I had a wonderful "collection" of great feedback and kind words from sellers, and Etsy just took it away. I was proud of the feedback I had.